Climate change: too complex for a special regime

Climate change is a complex problem touching on a range of bodies of international law, yet international lawyers – with a few exceptions – have tended to focus only on the limited United Nations framework. The IBA's recent report on climate change justice takes initial steps toward recognising the broader set of international law challenges thrown up by the human cost of climate change, including in the areas of trade law and human rights, and offers practical recommendations to improve the international legal environment.